Upcoming Events
We host a series of events throughout the academic year. For more information and to book a place, simply click on the button and complete the registration process.
If you have any queries, please email the team at englishhub@outwood.com.
Writing Framework Webinar series
A series of webinars focussing on how the writing framework can support you in creating a multi-year improvement plan.
Phonics Screening Check Preparation
Aimed at Year 1 Teachers and Senior Leaders, this session will detail the statutory guidance in relation to delivering the Phonics Screening Check in June 2026 along with top tips for successful preparation.
Our Approach to Transition from FS2 to Year 1 in English
The session is aimed at Early Years Leaders, Key Stage 1 Leaders, Reception Teachers and Year 1 Teachers and will detail our approach to effective transition in English from Reception to Year 1.
Talk Through Stories
The session (aimed at Reception / Year 1 teachers), provides valuable insight into Talk Through Stories—a carefully designed approach for supporting four- to six-year-old children, particularly those who may not come from language-rich homes.
Teenage reading seminar: York
External: delivered by National Literacy Trust
This in-person Teenage reading seminar in York is part of the National Year of Reading schools offer.
TeachBrief Live | Spring webinar: Oracy, book talk and curriculum change - making space for meaningful talk
External: delivered by National Literacy Trust
TeachBrief Live is a termly webinar for primary literacy leads, offering practical strategies and resources to help you boost outcomes and tackle the UK’s literacy crisis. Connect with peers, stay updated on literacy developments, and gain confidence in leading change across your school. Delivered by the National Literacy Trust, it’s your go-to national literacy briefing.
EAL Webinar Series
A two part online webinar series that focuses on how to improve outcomes for EAL pupils in reading and writing.
Writing Framework Webinar series
A series of webinars focussing on how the writing framework can support you in creating a multi-year improvement plan.
English Live
Join us for ‘English Live’, designed for English Leads, Reading Leads and Senior Leaders. This event will showcase excellence in English teaching and leadership.
Writing Framework Webinar series
A series of webinars focussing on how the writing framework can support you in creating a multi-year improvement plan.
Digital Childhood and Pre-Reading Skills with Shonette
Aimed at Early Years Practitioners, these sessions will discuss the impacts of screen time on childhood development and how Shonette Bason-Wood’s movement-based pedagogy can mitigate the negative effects.
Writing Framework Webinars
We are pleased to announce a series of Writing Framework Webinars, each tailored to specific staff roles.
English foundations: Implications of the revised inspection toolkit
Join us for a webinar discussing what leaders need to know from the revised school inspection toolkit. Ben McGarry, Outwood's Trust Strategic Lead for Primary English, will be sharing reflections from a recent pilot inspection.
English Foundations: Implications of the revised inspection toolkit
Join us for a webinar discussing what leaders need to know from the revised school inspection toolkit. Ben McGarry, Outwood's Trust Strategic Lead for Primary English, will be sharing reflections from a recent pilot.
Early Language Development
If you are a leader or a teacher in a school that would like to gain practical and evidence-based strategies to improve language development in your school, this programme could be for you.
Transforming Schools Reading Culture
A sustained evidence based CPD programme aimed at English Leads in schools that have an embedded and successful phonics programme.
English Live
Join us for ‘English Live’, designed for English Leads, Reading Leads and Senior Leaders. This event will showcase excellence in English teaching and leadership.
Writing Framework briefing
This is the first session in a series of webinars on the DfE's Writing Framework. We will be sharing key messages, addressing common queries and myth busting.
SEND Reading Ambition for All
The core aims of the Reading Ambition for All programme are to improve outcomes for children who need additional support with reading, including those with SEND and to ensure that all children receive quality-first teaching based on the latest research into how children learn to read.
Reading Fluency: The Bridge to Comprehension
Discover evidence-based, practical strategies to build children's fluency and support effective comprehension.
North Yorkshire Senior Leaders Hubs' Briefing - Primary
Aimed at Primary/Secondary Senior Leaders in North Yorkshire, this session will give updates on all the fully-funded Professional Development on offer from English and Maths Hubs in 2025-26!
North Yorkshire Senior Leaders Hubs' Briefing - Secondary
Aimed at Primary/Secondary Senior Leaders in North Yorkshire, this session will give updates on all the fully-funded Professional Development on offer from English and Maths Hubs in 2025-26!
CPD Information Webinar 2025/26
Join us for an informative online session to discuss our upcoming CPD opportunities for the 2025/26 academic year. There will also be an opportunity to answer any questions you may have.
Writing Framework Briefing
Join us for an overview of the newly released Writing Framework and discussions surrounding the key points to enable you to make a strong start in September.
CPD Information Webinar 2025/26
Join us for an informative online session to discuss our upcoming CPD opportunities for the 2025/26 academic year. There will also be an opportunity to answer any questions you may have.
Phonics Screening Check Prep
The phonics screening check is used by teachers to assess children's phonics skills learned through Reception and Year 1.
Attend this online session to get information and guidance on how to prepare for this! Aimed at Year 1 teachers, Reading Leaders and Headteachers.
Phonics Live
Please join us for a morning of excellence in phonics teaching and leadership.
Annual English Conference 2025
Our conference is aimed at primary Senior Leaders and English Leads and will include a keynote from Stella Jones from Town End Research School on the mechanics of early writing and recent updates from Ofsted and the DfE.
Spelling: Considerations for building a strategy
Join us for an online session delivered by Ben McGarry looking at spelling and considerations for building a strategy aimed at primary English Leads and Senior Leaders.
Enhancing reading comprehension
This series of webinars focuses on boosting reading comprehension. Reading is a highly complex cognitive process that integrates prior knowledge with new information to create meaning from text. The ultimate goal of all reading is comprehension.
Phonics Live
Please join us for a morning of excellence in phonics teaching and leadership.
Phonics Live
Please join us for a morning of excellence in phonics teaching and leadership.
Unlocking the secrets of effective writing
Discover why writing can be one of the most cognitively demanding tasks we undertake and learn strategies to help pupils overcome these challenges. We will delve into the complexities of transcription and composition and uncover why some children might struggle with writing.
Early Language Development
An evidence-based early language CPD that has been designed to enable participants to gain an understanding of ‘typical’ language development, help teachers to identify children who may not be developing language skills as expected and provide practical classroom skills and techniques for quality first teaching in Reception and Key Stage 1.